Still another Republican senator scoffs at effort to defund Obamacare; calls it silly

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Jul 30, 2013 at 11:10 AM

In recent days, I’ve told you HERE and HERE about growing resistance among Republican senators to hopeless efforts by some of their colleagues to block funding of Obamacare.

And now there’s THIS:

Sen. Bob Corker [above] of Tennessee became the latest Republican to criticize what he described as a “silly effort” by some members of his party to block funding for the government unless Obamacare is gutted.

Corker said that fellow Republicans like Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) who have pledged to block a continuing resolution (CR) and cause a ...

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Pat Cunningham

In recent days, I’ve told you HERE and HERE about growing resistance among Republican senators to hopeless efforts by some of their colleagues to block funding of Obamacare.

And now there’s THIS:

Sen. Bob Corker [above] of Tennessee became the latest Republican to criticize what he described as a “silly effort” by some members of his party to block funding for the government unless Obamacare is gutted.

Corker said that fellow Republicans like Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) who have pledged to block a continuing resolution (CR) and cause a ...